Business Link interview Jamie Murray Wells, founder and Managing Director of Glasses Direct.
Of the top 50 entrepreneurs of 2005 as rated by startups.co.uk, Jamie Murray Wells beat Sir Richard Branson, Sir Alan Sugar, and Stelios Haji-Ioannou, to come 1st place.
Based in the South West of England, Glasses Direct have saved the UK public over £4 million on their glasses, using the Internet to revolutionise the market.
During the interview, Jamie describes how he started his business at University when he was only 21; what challenges/lessons he’s learnt along the way; his own personal inspirations and motivations; what’s next for the future; and offers advice for young entrepreneur’s.
- Enterprise Week 2006 -
This podcast has been produced by Business Link in support of Enterprise Week 2006, an annual UK-wide week of activities inspiring people in their teens and twenties to be enterprising - to turn ideas into something real. For more information visit http://www.enterpriseweek.org/
- Young Start South West -
To find out what’s happening in the South West of England during Enterprise Week, visit the Young Start South West Website at http://www.youngstartsw.co.uk/
- This interview is divided into 5 episodes, published here daily during Enterprise Week, starting 13th November 2006. The complete interview will be published on Friday 20th November 2006.
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